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adapted to the uses of schools. The Plays are fresh and bright; the Drills 
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One=Act Farces and Comediettas 

(IS CENTS EACH.) m.F. 

An Irish Engagement (lively and laughable) 4 2 

Pepping the Question (always brings down the house) 2 4 

Which is Which ? (graceful, comical and bright) 3 3 

Lend Me Five Shillings (provokes continuous mirth) 5 2 

How to Tame Your Mother-in-Law (extravagantly comical) 4 2 

Mulcahy'S Cat (Irish low life— Harrigan style) 2 1 

All in der Family (comic Dutch character sketch) 4 2 

Funnibone'S Fix (the woes of an Editor) 6 2 

A Cup of Tea (spirited and popular ; acts well) 3 i 

To Let— Furnished (has a good "dude" character) 3 i 

The Obstinate Family (one of the funniest of farces) 3 3 

More Blunders Than One (comic Irish character) 4 3 

The Stage-Struck Yankee (funny straight through) 4 2 

The Vermont Wool Dealer (suits everybody) 5 3 

The Women's Club ("The Broken-Hearted Club") 4 8 

Twenty and Forty (has a frisky old-maid part) 4 6 

Betsey Baker (creates explosive laughter) 2 2 

Freezing a Mother-in- Law (a screaming farce' 3 2 

At Sixes and Sevens (a gay piece— sure to make a hit) 3 4 

Change Partners (comic and vivacious) 2 3 

A Dark Noight's Business (full of real Irish tun) 3 i 

A Purty Shu re Cure (comic, with a temperance moral) 2 i 

My Neighbor's Wife (sprightly and ludicrous) 3 3 

Who Got the Pig ? (An Irish jury case) 3 i 

Turn Him Out (wildly farcical) 3 2 

Pipes and Perdition (a funny Mother-in-Law piece) 2 2 

Dot Mat Tog (Dutch and Irish courtship) 2 2 

His First Brief (elicits shouts of laughter) 3 2 

Dot Quied Lotchings (Dutch boarding-house sketch) ; 5 i 

My Precious Betsey (indescribably funny) 4 4 

The Ould Man's Coat-Tails (Irish farce) 3 i 

A Happy Pair (their quarrels and making-up are very entertaining). ... i i 

Picking up the Pieces (brilliant dialogue ; old bachelor and widow). . 1 i 

Cut Off With a Shilling (snappy, funny and brisk) 2 i 

Uncle's Will (one of the best of the short plays) 2 i 

A Case for Eviction (bright, with a comic climax) I 2 

A Pretty Piece of Business (always "takes") 2 3 

Who is Who? (makes 40 minutes of laughter) 3 2 

Second Sight (or " Your Fortune for a Dollar") 4 i 

That Rascal Pat (the leading character is a blundering Irishman) 3 2 

Good for Nothing (" Nan" is always well received) 5 i 

An Unexpected Fare (humorous scene at an "afternoon tea ") i 5 

Ice on Parle Francals (one prolonged hurrah of fun) 3 4 

The Rough Diamoni (dialogue and situations excellent) 4 3 

Jumbo Jum (full of genuine humor and fun) 4 3 

A Quiet Family (fetches shouts of laughter) 4 4 

My Lord in Livery (provokes uproarious mirth)..... 5 3 

A Regular Fix (an old favorite that always goe=> well) 6 4 

HAROLD ROORBACH, Publisher, 132 Nassau St., N. Y. 



Gertrude Mason, MD. 



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THE LADY DOCTOR 



n Tarcc in One Jlct 

FOR FEMALE CHARACTERS ONLY 



L. M. C. ARMSTRONG 



Copyright, 1898, by Harold Roorback 



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NEW YORK 
HAROLD ROORBACH, PUBLISHER 

132 Nassau Street 



GERTRUDE MASON, M.D. 



CHARACTERS. 

GERTRUDE MASON, M.D A young Physician 

BERTHA LAWRENCE, j ^^^ ^^.^^^^ 

ELLA GRAY, ) 

MISS JANE SIMPKINS A Spinster of Uncertain Age 

MRS. VAN STYLE One of the " 400 " 

NORAH Dr. Mason''s Cook 

MARIE A Lady''s Maid 



Time, the Present. Place, Neiv York. 
Time of Representation, Thirty Minutes. 

1 8000 

COSTUMES, Modern. 



PROPERTIES. 

Desk, with papers, books, writing materials, etc., and revolving chair, 
down R. Couch, with pillows, and arm-chair, down L, Cabinet, up l,., 
containing medicines, bottles, glasses, instruments, etc. Mirror against 
wall, up R. Doorbell, to ring off stage. Watch, and purse containing 
money, for GERTRUDE. Jeweled pin and newspaper for Mrs. Van Style. 
Small dog, wrapped up in a shawl, for Miss Simpkins. Tray, with tea- 
things, for NoRAH. Framed diploma hanging against wall. 



ABBREVIATIONS. 

In observing, the actors are supposed to face the audience. R. means 
right; L.,left; c, centre ; R.c, right of centre; L.c, left of centre; 
UP STAGE, toward the rear ; DOWN stage, toward the audience. 



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GERTRUDE MASON, M.D. 

OR, 

THE LADY DOCTOR. 

SCENE. — Dr. Mason's consulting-rooin. Double door c. in flat, 
showing a hallway backing. Doors R. and L. Desk and re- 
volving chair down R. Conch and armchair down L. Cabinet 
up L., containing medicines., instrnments, etc. Mirror up r. 

Dr. Gertrude Mason DISCOVERED seated at desk. She 
is rather pale., and is dressed in a black gown of severe masculine 
cut. 

Gertrude. Heavens, how this tedious waiting is telHng upon 
me! Shall I have a patient to-day, I wonder? Every step on the 
stairs gives me a nervous chill, and every ring of the bell sends my 
temperature up to 102. If this goes on much longer, the first 
patient requiring my serious attention will be Dr. Gertrude Mason. 
Of what use are diplomas and certificates, of what use is my stun- 
ning brass door-plate with its attractive announcement that here 
resides — 

GERTRUDE MASON, M.D. 

Office Hours: 9— ii and 2 — 4. 

Sundays: 8 — 12. 

It has hung there now for three weeks, and I still pass my office 
hours in solitary grandeur. M. D. ! How proud I was of those 
two letters ; of my right to bear them ! And now I am almost dis- 
couraged. Where are my dreams of " Fame"? Where my hopes 
of becoming a very prop of suffering humanity? To think of all I 
have sacrificed ! Every girlish pleasure, everything that might 
prove a distraction from my serious work ! And then to wait for 
weeks, only to end by being my own first patient! Is this satis- 
faction — happiness? Happiness! {Bitterly.^ How dare I ask 
for happiness when my whole aim was to gratify my ambition? I 
was a fool, when I had the means of humoring every whim, to 



4 Gertrude Mason, M.D.; 

throw away youth, good looks, — for I was told often enough that I 
was pretty, — to follow such a will-o'-the-wisp as Fame? I have 
grown thin and pale, bending over my books night after night. 
I feel a hundred years old — and I dare say I look a thousand. 
How old am I, anyway? I have positively stopped counting. 
Twenty-three— no; four — no, five! {Goes up to mirror, R.) Yes, 
as I thought, I certainly look like a washed-out old maid — and — 
yes, there certainly is a wrinkle ! Who would recognize the 
Gertrude Mason of six years ago? {llwiight fully?) I wonder if 
people have at last given up trying to marry me off! I really think 
there was some ground for coupling my name with Jack's ! How 
he teased me that night in the garden when I told him my decision 
in regard to my life-work ! He positively hooted at the very idea ; 
and ended up by kissing me, in spite of all my struggles and pro- 
tests. Ah, Jack, Jack, it was a happy time, and I have thrown it 
all away for an empty idea ! {Seats herself again despondetitly at 
desk.) 

ENTER NORAH, c. d., holding her cheek. 

NoRAH. Och, Miss Gerthrude, dairlin' ! Ye should see the 
toothache av me ! 

Gert. Sit down, Norah, and let me see. 

NoRAH {sits). Sure, it's the whole night Oi"ve walked the flure 
wid the pain. 

Gert. Which tooth is it? {Examines teeth.) 

Norah. Sure, the lift soide wan. 

Gert. Why, Norah, your teeth are like pearls ; there's not a 
spot on one of them. 

Norah. Thin it must be on the roit soide. 

Gert. {exa>;ii>ies again). Sure enough, there is a tiny cavity. 
I am sure I can relieve that pain very soon. {Goes up l. to cabinet, 
and takes out bottle.) 

Norah {aside). Wad she be afther pullin' it Oi wonther? 

Gert. {coming dowji). Now, Norah, lean back and open your 
mouth again. 

Norah. Faith, Miss, dairlin', it's a fairy ye air. The pain av 
it's gan intoirly, jusht wid the tooch av yer fingers. 

Gert. {aside). Thank goodness! I'm nervous even about 
sticking in a wad of cotton. {Goes up and replaces bottle.) But 
that will all pass off with habit. 

Norah {aside). Troth, that was a close call! Oi' 11 be afther 
havin' a headache nixt toim — she'll niver dare thry to pull the 
head off me. 

Gert. {comijig down) . Are you quite sure the pain has gone? 

Norah. Praise the saints ! Yis, Miss. 

Gert. And are you well — quite well — otherwise? You seem 
to be ailing so often since you came here. You never used to be 
ill at home. {Business up stage.) 



Of^ The Lady Doctor, 5 

NoRAH. Ohone! Oi do be growin' ould. {Aside.) Poor 
dairlin', Oi musht give her a bit av pleasure wid her doctherin', 
aven if it's only ould Norah that has to invint a new desaze ivery 
day. 

Gert. {cojning dow7i). I think you still look a little pale, Norah. 

Norah {aside). Oi moight have known she'd niver be contint 
to lave me otf that azy. {Aloud.) Troth, Oi have jusht a bit av 
a headache. 

Gert. Why didn't you say so at once ? 

Norah. An' me shtomick, too, Miss dear, do be all upset. 

Gert. To be sure ! Doubtless your headache comes from the 
stomach. Let me see your tongue. (Norah shows tongue.) Per- 
fectly clear. {Goes up to cabinet.) 

Norah {aside). Howly saints! An' me atin'' tin haird biled 
iggs last noight, jusht to put a bit av fur on me tongue. 

Gert. {bunness with incdicine). I cannot find the seat of her 
ailment. Every function is perfectly normal, yet not a day passes 
without her complaining. Well, Norah, I will give you a simple 
tonic. It will certainly do you no harm. {Sits^ 

Norah {aside). Niver fear ! Oi' 11 power it in the sink, 

[^B ell rings off c. 

Gert. {rising excitedly). Quick, Norah! The bell! That 
certainly must be a patient ! (A^AYT" Norah, c.) How my heart 
thumps ! I must be calm. Calmness is the first requisite of pro- 
fessional success, and I should scarcely find one out of a hundred 
of my patients with a pulse as rapid as my own at this moment. 
But this is the first time. 

Norah {putting head in at c.door). Shure, it was only the 
milkman. Miss. {Disappears.) 

Gert. {throwing herself disgustedly into chai?-) . The milkman 
— what a come-down ! I might have remembered that he always 
comes at this hour. How could 1 think it was a patient? Surely 
/ none will ever stray in here. How Jack would jeer to see me sitting 
here like a spider on the watch for some unlucky fly to tumble into 
its web. And I haven't even the excuse of needing to earn my 
living. Ambition — vanity — the thought of having my name 
applauded — of being talked of — {Bell rings.) There — another ! 
{Starts toward c. door, then conies down.) Nonsense! It's prob- 
ablj^ the grocer this time. 

ENTER Norah, c. 

Norah. Sure, Miss, there do be a faymale beyant, askin' for 
yez. 

Gert. (excitedly). Bring her in at once, Norah ! But no — no 
hurry — she'll think I was waiting for her. The patient should 
wait for the doctor, not the doctor for the patient. Say that the 
doctor begs her to wait a few minutes ; just at present she is very 
much engaged. {EXIT Norah l., nodding.) Now, Dr. Mason, 



6 Gertrude Mason, MX>.; 

be calm ; and above all else, be cold. It would go ill with the 
diagnosis of a physician whose eyes were blinded with tears of 
sympathy — and I am such a cry-baby. But that will all pass off in 
time, and I shall be as hard and unfeeling as any one. If Jack were 
here to see me now! There I go again! What is Jack to me, 
that he should creep like a thief into my brain, to steal away my 
thoughts? Why can I not forget him? (^Resolutely .^ I must, I 
must I He has surely forgotten me long ago. Why, I haven't 
even spoken to him for six months. {Looks at watch.) Well, I 
think my patient has waited long enough now to satisfy my dignity. 
{Goes to (loo?-, L.) Will you kindly step in here? 

ENTER Marie, l. 

Marie. Good-morning, Miss, I hope I am not disturbing you 
too much. My mistress. Miss Murray, has s'ent me to ask a great 
favor of you. 

Gert. {with professional air). Please come at once to the 
point, my good girl, as my office hours are nearly over, and I must 
be off to visit my other patients. {Feeling her pulse.) What is 
your trouble ? 

Marie. My trouble? Oh, there's nothing ails me — it is my 
mistress — 

Gert. Then Miss Murray is ill? I will call at the house at 
once. 

Marie {aside). I wonder if the poor tiling is crazy; she seems 
to think every one is sick! {Aloud.) Oh, dear, no! She's not 
sick — {aside) only cranky ! 

Gert. Not ill ? But I don't understand you — what then does 
she want of me ? 

Marie. Just what I 'm going to tell you. You see. Miss Murray 
is very particular about the fit of her dresses, and since Madame 
F61ic6e left town she has been unable to find any one who quite 
suits her. She has noticed \ou passing several times lately, and 
has been much struck with the beautiful fit of your dresses. So 
she sent me to ask if you would be kind enough to give her tlie 
address of your tailor. 

Gert. {angrily, turnino to desk). Oh, she shall have it. 

Marie {aside). Sweet-tempered creature ! 

Gert. {sarcastically, haiidi7ig paper to Marie). Give your mis- 
tress my kindest regards. 

Marie. Oh, thank you, miss, I 'm sure. Good-morning. 
{EXIT c.) 

Gert. Now isn't that enough to drive one mad? The address 
of my tailor ! So that is my first prescription ! 

ENTER Nor ah, l. 

NoRAH. Well, Miss Gerthrude, dairlin', an' how did yez get on 
wid yer furst patient ? 



Of, The Lady Doctor. 7 

Gert. Oh, her case is not dangerous. I have sent her a 
remedy that will effect a complete cure, I think. 

NoRAH {aside). The Saints be praised, she has some wan to 
docther at last ! Oi nadent be botherin*' me poor ould brain to 
invint a desaze this day. {Bell rings off c. Norah EXITS, but 
rel7irns at once.) There do be a poor craythur wid her hand in a 
cloth. 

Gert. Ah.? Well, take her into the other room ; I will come 
in directly. 

\^EX/T Norah, c. Gertrude goes np to cabinet l., 
selects instruments, etc., and EXIT L. RE-ENTER 
Norah, c ; she goes to l. door and listens. 

Norah. Sthill as the grave! {Sta?'ts, covers her ea?'s, and 
conies down c.) Shure Oi niver can sthan' an' hear the poor cray- 
thur groan. Wurra ! Wurra ! How can Miss Gerthrude take up 
wid the loikes av this doctherin'? Sluire she moight be contint wid 
the foin loicence she has to hang up on the wall, an' thin marry 
poor, dear Masther Jack, that's jusht breakin' his hairt fur her. 

ENTER Gertrude, l., hoking frightened and sick. 

Gert. Here, Norah, show the poor woman out, and {takes out 
purse ajid gives money) give her this ; it may do her some good. 

Norah. Faith, more than the medicine, Oi'm thinkin\ {EXIT, 
with money, L.) 

Gert. {sinks exhausted into chair). Heavens, how near I came 
to fainting! Surgery is certainly a branch of practice that I shall 
be forced to abandon, for the mere sight of blood makes me faint. 
1 was actually forced to send that poor woman to a male hospital 
to have even that slight operation performed. {Bell rings off C.) 
Well, my appetite is spoiled for dinner. I shall hear the grating 
of that broken bone for the rest of the day. What a triumph this 
would be for Jack ! {Stamps impatiently.) Jack again ! Why 
can't I keep that boy out of my head ? 

ENTER Norah, l., conducting Mrs. Van Style. 

Norah. Plaze walk in, mem. {Stands up c.) 

Mrs. Van Style {advancing). Good-morning; I saw your 
sign, and being greatly in need of your help, I hastened to call. 

Gert. {offering chair). Please be seated, madame, and state 
your case, in order that I may relieve you if possible. 

Mrs. V. S. {aside, sitti?ig L.). That is certainly a delicate way 
of putting it. {Aloud.) Certainly, but {glancing at Norah) I 
should much prefer to do so in private. 

Gert. Oh, that is only my housekeeper, a motherly old soul 
who has been with me since my childhood. You need not mind 
her. Indeed, she often assists at my operations. 

Mrs. V. S. {aside). Operations? Ah, yes, I suppose she acts 



8 Gertrude Mason, M^D.j 

as witness to her financial, transactions. {Alotid.) Nevertheless, 
I should much prefer to be alone with you. 

Gert. As you please. {To Norah.) Norah, go to the kitchen, 
please, and finish your work there. {EXIT NoRAH, c.) Now, 
my dear lady, we are alone {sits at desk, r.); tell me what your 
trouble is, and I think I can promise to find the means to relieve it, 

Mrs. V. S. Indeed, it is delightful to hear you speak in that 
way. In your business nowadays one encounters so much fraud 
that it is almost impossible to obtain any assistance without being 
forced to pay most exorbitant prices. But you seem to have 
adopted it rather out of philanthropic motives. 

Gert. Very largely, it is true. 

Mrs. V. S. It is very good of you to do so ; for one may often 
come quite innocently into a position, like my own, where the 
means of which you speak are one's only salvation. 

Gert. I fully appreciate the seriousness of my profession, I 
assure you ; and I am ready to make any sacrifice to relieve suffer- 
ing humanity. 

Mrs. V. S. Yes, indeed. And just now so many are suffering 
financially. The hard times, you know — 

Gert. {tapping forehead ; aside). I fear that my patient is suf- 
fering here. {Aloud.) Yes, yes ; but tell me what your trouble is, 
and kindly do so as briefly as possible, for I expect other visitors. 

Mrs. V. S. {taking jeiuelled pin from her dress, and holding it 
out to Gertrude). Examine tiiese stones. I can guarantee their 
genuineness. What should you say the pin is worth? 

Gekt. My dear madame, I have no time to waste on such 
matters, and am not in any case an expert in gems. I never wear 
them myself. 

Mrs. V. S. Certainly not. It would be in the worst possible 
taste, besides exposing your patrons to very serious embarrassments. 
I should never think of intrusting you with the pin if I thought you 
would wear it, in public, at least. It was a Christmas gift from 
my husband, and were any of my friends to recognize it — which is 
quite possible, the design being so unusual — it might come to my 
husband's ears. This must be avoided at all costs, as my husband 
is very quick tempered, and should he discover that I had come to 
you — 

Gert. {impatiently). I assure you, your family affairs interest 
me as little as your gems. All this can certainly have nothing to 
do with your illness. {Turns to desk.) 

Mrs. V. S. {aside). What delicacy, to speak of debts as " ill- 
ness," and loaning money as "relieving suffering humanity"! I 
should never have received so much consideration from a man. He 
would have been simply brutal in his talk about getting into debt, 
and pronounced the pin worthless, or at least beaten me down to 
half its value. {Rising and going over to Q^wy:v.v,\^^.) Now, my 
dear young lady, please put a value upon the pin. I am quite as 
anxious as you are to finish our transaction. 



Or, The Lady Doctor, 9 

Gert. (turning h/ipatiejitly). I pray you, replace the pin, and 
tell me what is the matter with you. 

Mrs. V. S. Well, then, I will tell you quite frankly. My last 
winter's cloak is shockingly old-fashioned, and as my husband is 
forever preaching economy, I dare not ask him for a new one — you 
see, he is so easily irritated by trifles like that. But I have just 
seen a cloak — ah, a creation ! a veritable work of art ! 

Gkkt. {aside). Insane, poor thing. {Aloud.) But, madame, I 
cannot write you a prescription for a winter cloak. 

Mrs. V. S. I must — absolutely must — have it. It is only one 
hundred and fifty dollars ! 

Gert. You are trifling with me — wasting my time. I beg you, 
once for all, tell me what is the matter with you. {Paces desper- 
ately 2ip and down stage followed by Mrs. Van Style.) 

Mrs. V. S. The fact is, I have spent my whole allowance on a 
ball-dress. Well, it was worth the price, — pink satin with moss 
green miroir velvet. The effect was absolutely irresistible — so 
becoming ! 

Gert. This is too much ! 

Mrs. V. S. I have the reputation of being one of the best- 
dressed women in New York, and I simply must have that -cloak. 
Come, now, will you take the pin as security for one hundred and 
fifty dollars for six weeks? 

Gert. {indignantly). Lend you money? What can you be 
thinking of ? Go to a pawnbroker. 

Mrs. V. S. To a pawnbroker? What are you, then? 

Gert. {witli dignity). I am Dr. Gertrude Mason, madame, as 
you might have learned from the sign to which you referred. What 
could possibly have given you so false an impression? 

Mrs. V. S. {producing a newspaper, and pointing to advertise- 
7nent). Here it is: "Money loaned, at reasonable rates, on 
jewellery and personal effects. All transactions strictly confidential. 
Isabella Lichtenstein, 27 Brown Street, 3d floor '\ Is not that 
your address, I should like to know? 

Gert. The address is correct ; but you are on the wrong floor. 
This is the second. 

Mrs. V. S. Good heavens ! And I have been telling you all 
my private affairs ! Oh ! you will not betray me ? 

Gert. Madame, I am a physician. One of the first duties of 
my profession is silence regarding the sufferings of our fellow-men 
— why not also regarding their follies? The latter are, I am sure, 
by far the more deep-seated and uneradicable evils. 

Mrs. V. S. I am greatly embarrassed at my unfortunate mis- 
take. 

Gert. {conducting Mrs. Van Style to l. door) . Not more so 
than I, believe me. ' Good-morning. 

Mrs. V. S. Good-morning. {EXIT, l.) 

Gert. Oh, these women of fashion! To what humiliation will 



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they not submit for the sake of clothes? If a doctor could cure 
them of their vanity, he might make his fortune. (Be/l rings offc.) 
The bell again ! I wonder what new annoyance I shall have to 
submit to? It is getting hard on my nerves. 

ENTER NORAH, c. 

NORAH. Shure, the patients is comin' fasht the day. Here's 
another wan fur yez, miss. 

Gert. Are you sure she asked for me? 

NORAii. Yis, miss; it wor the docther she was ashkin' fur, an' 
no mistake. Will Oi let her wait a bit? 

Gert. For heaven's sake, no ! She might escape ! 

Norah (/;/ c. door). Jusht stip in this way, plaze. 

ENTER Miss Jane Simpkins, a lap-dog hi her arms, car ef idly 
wrapped up in a s/za-Tcl. EXIT NoRAH. 

Miss Simpkins. Oh, my dear doctor, such a relief to find you 
in, you must have so many patients ! I have come to you in great 
trouble, to beg your help. 

Gert. You shall certainly have all it is in my power to give. 
Kindly be seated and tell me your symptoms. I trust I may be 
able to relieve you. [Miss S. sits, l., Gertrude at desk, r. 

Miss S. How good you are ! I was sure that you, another 
woman, would understand and feel for me. A man practitioner 
would have ridiculed my sufferings, perhaps even sent me away 
unaided. 

Gert. Indeed, no. Every physician is in duty bound to treat 
with consideration every one who applies to him for relief. 

Miss S. True ; but the delicate sympathy of a woman is like a 
healing balm to the wounded soul of the sufferer. 

Gert. Will you not tell me the nature of your trouble? 

Miss S. I am not ill, but one who is dearer to me, almost, than 
life itself. 

Gert. My dear madame, it is then your child who is in danger? 
Why did vou not send for me to come directly to your house? 

Miss S. No, doctor, not my child — quite. I have never yet 
found the man on whom 1 could bestow my heart and hand. I am 
a woman whose lot would indeed have been a lonely one but for 
the affection of one dear object. It is the fear of losing him that 
has brought me to implore your help. O doctor, save my darling ! 

Gert. {impulsively, rising). Take me to him. Come, let us 
make haste. Every moment may be precious. 

Miss S. {taking dog from wraps). Here he is, my precious pet. 
For three whole days he has not eaten a bite, and — just hear how 
labored his breathing is. {Caresses dog.) Oh, my darling! my 
sugarplum ! if you only knew how }'ou frighten your poor Janie by 
being so ill ! {Kisses dog.) But see, my sweet, see the nice lady. 
{Lifts dog up to Gertrude.) See, pet, she will make you well. 



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Give her a pretty kiss, dear. You shall stay with her till you are 
well again. (To Gertrude.) You will take him in charge, will you 
not, doctor? My sweet little angel! I will come and see him 
every day until he is well, so he will not miss his Janie. 

Gert. {indignantly^. Do you take me for a veterinary surgeon? 
I am very sorry, but it is quite impossible for me to do as you wish. 
I must support the dignity of my position. What would my other 
patients think if they were to share my attention with a dog? No, 
I assure you, it is quite out of the question. 

Miss S. {wrapping dog np, and rising). Come, my darling, 
come. She does not feel for us. The heartless thing is unsexed 
by her masculine profession. ( IVeeps.) 

Gert. I am really sorry for you, but you see my position. I 
will, however, give you a piece of good advice. Let your dog fast 
for a few days, and then don't begin over-feeding him again. You 
will soon find him recovered. 

Miss S. {to dog). Hear, my pet. The savage! I am to let 
you fast ! Come, my dewdrop, we will leave this place where our 
sufferings are so little understood. {EXIT, weepings c.) 

Gert. {throws herself on conch, and bnries face in pillows, sob- 
bing ; then recovers). Oh, fate is against me! What a fall from 
the lofty dreams of ambition ! I have staked my whole future, my 
whole happiness, on this hazard, and the reward of my hard study, 
my long waiting and striving, is to receive as my first patient an 
over-fed, asthmatic lap-dog ! Oh, I should die of laughing if it 
were not so tragic ! How Jack would gloat over me now ! But 
no, he loves me too well. {Bell rings off c.) He would pity me. 

ENTER Norah, c. 

NoRAH. It's yer two frinds. Miss Bertha an' Miss Ella. They 
do be ashkin' wad yez have a minnit av toime to spare for thim ? 
Will Oi tell thim "no"? 

Gert. {hastily drying eyes). Oh, yes, I have time — time for 
anything — all the time there is. But wait, let me bathe my eyes. 
They must not see that I have been crying. Bring the young 
ladies in, Norah, and tell them I have just finished an operation, 
and must make myself presentable. {EXIT, r.) 

Norah. Troth, the poor ould leddy wid the boondle must have 
been in a bad way intoirely. Poor Miss Gerthrude was fa\ lin' that 
bad over her, the tears was a-shtandin' in her purty eyes. Shure, it's 
too tinder-hairted the dairlin' is, altogether! This doctherin' busi- 
ness will be the death av her. Faith, it's jusht breakin' me hairt. 
(Covers face with apron, goes np to c. door, and calls out.) Jusht 
sthep in, plaze. Miss Gerthrude will be right out. {EASTER 
Ella r?;/^/ Bertha.) Jusht sit yez down. The docther has been 
thot busy the marnin' wid patients, she's worn out intoirely. She's 
jusht after havin' an operation, and she do be clanin' up afther it. 
(EXIT, c.) 



J 2 Gertrude Mason, M.D.; 

Bertha. An operation ! ImpossiMe ! T am sure our plot must 
have succeeded. Poor old Norah doesn't want us to know that 
Gertrude has nothing to do. 

Ella. Have you really been keeping her patients away? 

\lliey sit upon the coiicJi. 

Bertha. Til tell you all about it. It was my own idea, and 
Tm sure it cannot fail. It does, I confess, seem like treason to my 
best friend, but I simply cannot bear to see my brother breaking 
his heart for Gertrude, and I am sure she will never listen to him as 
long as she has any hope of getting a practice. 

Ella. Do go on, I am wildly curious. 

Bertha. Well, as I said before, I knew Gertrude's ambition, 
and I felt convinced that it would be all up with poor Jack if once 
she should succeed in establishing herself, so my last resort was to 
try to prevent her from getting any patients. 

Ella. Does Jack know of your designs? 

Bertha. Oh, yes; he gave his consent. He would do almost 
anything to win Gertrude. Every day I station a man in the cor- 
ridor outside this flat, and as soon as a patient conies, he is told 
the doctor is out attending a very dangerous case, and will probably 
be gone all day. 

Ella. I see. Of course the patient cannot wait twenty-four 
hours, and so employs another physician. 

Bertha. To-day we have been trying even more heroic meas- 
ures. Jack knows that Gertrude, in spite of her choice of a profes- 
sion, has a horror of operations. This morning one of the girls in 
our factory crushed her hand, and Jack had her brought here, with 
orders to report the treatment she received. She came back just 
now to say that " the poor young lady," as she called our worthy 
doctor, had nearly fainted at the sight of blood, and had packed 
her off, with a live dollar bill, to old Dr. Jones, the surgeon at the 
hospital. 

Ella. If Gertrude should ever find this out ? 

Bertha. She never will find it out. And even if she should — 
the end justifies the means. I suppose the factory-girPs case was 
the great operation Norah was boasting of. 

Ella. Well, I must say, I think you are playing an unfair trick 
upon poor Gertrude. 

Bertha. I only hope it may cure her of her ambition. Last 
night at the Spencers' Jack was introduced to a ridiculous old maid 
who was fretting herself almost sick over an absurd pug dog. The 
creature had been over-fed to such a degree that it had grown 
asthmatic, and Jack conceived the brilliant idea of sending her to 
Dr. Mason. I fancy that will be too bitter a pill even for Gertrude. 
She must capitulate. 

Ella. Hush, here she comes! \lliey rise. 

ENTER Gertrude, r. 



Or^ The Lady Doctor. J3 

Gert. {embracing friends). My dear girls, how glad I am to 
see you! You are not here as patients, I trust? \_All sit down, 

Beiitha. Oh, dear, no! I am as sound as a fish. 

Ella. And I, too. 

Gert. Ah, I am so glad. I am quite used up with my profes- 
sional labors to-day, and it is a relief to sit down and have a real 
good talk. But I fear that it won't last long, for, as a matter of 
fact, my office hours are not yet over, and we may be interrupted 
at any moment. (Bertha and Ella exchange signs.) I have 
been fairly overrun to-day with people seeking my aid. 

Bertha {aside). And not getting it. 

Gert. And now tell me how you have been employing your- 
selves all these weeks. 

Both. Delightfully; Pm engaged. 

Gert. What, both ? 

Bertha. Yes, dear ; in a little over two months I am to be 
married, and one object of my visit is to beg you to be my maid of 
honor — Jack is to be best man. Don't say " no", please — please 
don't. 

Gert. My dear child, how can I possibly absent myself so long 
from my office.'* What would my patients do.'* 

Bertha. Oh, bother your patients ! There are too many 
doctors in town now. 

Gert. Bertha, how can you be so frivolous? 

Ella. A little frivolity would do you no harm, Gertrude dear. 
You are not quite a fossil yet, though you have tried hard enough 
to make yourself one. 

Bertha. Say " yes," Gertrude, for Jack's sake if not for mine. 
You cannot think how hard he takes your desertion. 

Gert. {startled). Jack? He still cares? {Sadly.) Oh, no, 
dear, he must have quite forgotten me by this time. 

Bertha {earnestly). Forgotten you? Ah, if he only could! 
Gertrude, dear, if you should but see him, I am sure your heart 
could not fail to go out to him more than to your patients. Poor 
fellow, he is so listless, so despondent, it is enough to break one's 
heart — and all for you, Gertrude — all for you. 

Gert. {embracing Bertha impulsively). O Bertha, do you 
really think so? Say it again, dear, if you really mean it. 

Bertha. I do not think, I know. Jack has made me his con- 
fidante all through, and he knows that I am here to-day to try to 
persuade you to lay aside your pride and ambition — for we all know 
that is all that stands between you two. I am his messenger, Ger- 
trude. What answer may I take him? 

\j4.ll rise and stattd c. The two girls cling entreatingly 
to Gerturde, who stands irresolute. 

Gert. What shall I say ? 

Ella. Say "yes"! 

Bertha. My answer, Gertrude — Jack's answer. 



14 Gertrude Mason, M»D. 

Gert. {yielding) . Tell him — yes. 

Bertha {^ejnbraces Gertrude). Oh, thank you, darling — my 
sister ! 

Ella. Come, Bertha, let's hurry to dear old Jack with the good 
news. I am sure he has hungered long enough for a crumb of 
comfort ! 

Gert. But tell him, too, how hard it is for me to give up my 
calling, even for him. 

Bertha. Yes, dear; I will tell him how hard it is for you to — 
be happy. {^EXEUNT Bertha and Ella, c. 

Gert. {going 7ip c). Ah, my happiness almost frightens me! 
{Calls.) Norah! 

ENTER Norah, c, hurriedly, carrying tray, etc. 

Norah. Shure, Miss Gerthrude, phwat's the matther? Is the 
house on fire? Troth, an' ye scared me out av siven years' growth. 

Gert. Nothing is the matter, Norah, only — O Norah, Pm 
going to marry Mr. Jack ! 

Norah {dropping tray in her ex'citement). Marry Mr. Jack, is 
it? Troth, an' Oi'm that glad Oi cud hug yez, dairlin'! 

Gert. {throwing arms aroimd Norah's neck). So you shall, 
you dear, faithful old soul! And it will not be the first time, 
either. Yes, Norah, I am convinced that woman's highest vocation 
is to become the happy wife of a good man. 

Norah. Roight yez air, dairlin'. An' Oi'm hopin' there'll be 
wurruk for poor ould Norah in yer new home. 

Gert. Of course you shall stay with me always, and share my 
happiness just as you have shared every joy and sorrow of mine 
since you carried me in your arms as a baby. 

Norah. An' now ould Norah will dance at her baby's wedding. 
Shure, she's not too stiff for a good ould Oirish jig yet ! 

[^Picks up her skirts and breaks into an Irish iig as the 
curtain falls. 

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